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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 19 November 1927, Page 8

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ADDINGTON QUOTATIONS

(BY TKI.KORAPTT--PRKBB ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 16.

Average yards were forward at today’s sale, ‘ and the market for fat cattle and store sheep advanced. Fat lambs. —Six hundred and seienty penned, and a slightly firmer sale tlrian last week. Prices averaged from 28s to 335. Fat sheep. —Prices, though up to hist sale, were irregular as between shorn and* woolly sheep, and also as between ewes and wethers. Over the final part shorn sheep tended to ease. Prime woolly wethens made 43s to 4Gs lOcl, medium wethers 38s to 42s 6d, light wethers 35s to 37s 6d; shorn wethers 36s to 42s lOd, prime shorn wethers 31s 6d to 38s, medium shorn wethers 28s to 31s ; light shorn wethers 24s to 27s 6d; extra prime woolly ewes to s()s Id, prime woolly ewes 37s to 445, medium woolly ewes, 32s to 365, light woollv ewes 24s to 31s; extra prime .shorn ewes to 36s lOd, prune shorn ewes 28s 6d to 325, medium shorn ewes 25s to 2Ss, light shorn ewes 20s to 245. Fat cattle,—There was a much improved demand, values being up on a fortnight ago by from 30s to 40s a head. Values per 1001 b were as follow : Best beef 42s 6d to 45s Id, prime 40s to 425, medium 37s to 395, heavyweight 34s to 39s 6d, ordinary cow beef 33s to 355, and rough down to 275. A North Island draft of 20 averaged just under £l9. Extra prime heavy steers £22 17s 6d, prime heavy steers £l6 15s to £l9 las, medium steers CM 10s to £l6 10s, light steers 69 10s to £l4; extra prime heifers to Cl 6 2s (id, prime heifers £l2 10s to CM 15s, medium heifers £lO 10s to £J2 ss, fight heifers £7 15s to £lO ss, extra prime cows to £l6 2s 6d, prime cows £ll 1.5 sto £l4, medium cows £9 10s to £ll 10s, light cows £6 10s to £9. Fat Pigs.—A. good yarding met with fair demand. Choppers made £3 to £4 15s. light haconers £3 7s to £3 15s, heavy haconers £4 to £4 10s (average price per lb to 6Jd), light porkers 40s to 48s, heavy porkers 52s to 65s (average price per lb 7d to 8d).

AT BURNSIDE. DUNEDIN, Nov. 16. At the Burnside stock sales to-day sheep values were firm. Fat sheep also were firm to Is 6s above the prices given last week. Fat pigs were selling at reduced rates, and there was a fairly gcod demand for store cattle.. Extra prime heavy bullocks made £IS to £2O 2s 6d, prime £l3 10s _to Cl 5, prime heifers £ll to £l2 ss, medium £9 to £lO ss, good cows up to £L3, others £8 10s to £lO. Prices for prime ox beef were on a basis of 455, prime heifers 455, cow and light heifers 39s to 40s per 1001 b. The demand for best sheep was good, but some shorn were passed. Prices were generally very firm to Is (3d appreciation on last sale rates. Extra heavy wooly wethers made 57s to 645, prime 39s to 48s 3d. medium 30s to 04s, prime shortly wethers 38s to 41s. medium 28s to 32s 9d, best shorn ewes 27s Cel to 3ls, prime 24s 6d to 25s 9d. Prices for prime wethers in wool were on a basis of 7Jd to 8d per lb. Prime shorn wethers 6d to 6f, prime shorn ewes 4d to sd. WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Fanners’ Co-op. Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report as under: — Beef. —The market is firm and prices have improved since our last report; exporters are still operating, best prime ox making equal to 30s per iOOlb. Fat Sheep. —There is still a good demand, with prices holding up well for this time of the year, especially for ewe mutton. Exporters have not quoted any price for lamb yet. Store Sheep.—There is a strong demand for all classes, especially 2 and 4-tooth wethers, good lines of this class being hard to obtain; lines of ewes with lambs are also sought after. Several lines of breeding ewes for forward delivery have changes hands at satisfactory prices. Store Cattle. —Competition is keen for grown and l young steers, also for good young store cows. Yearling Jersey and Jersey cross heifers are still meeting with good competition at high prices. Dairy Cattle. — Very few of this class are now offering. Pigs. Heavy yarding* of both fat ami stores (ontinue to come forward with prices still easier for fats. Competition is still good for all classes o stores.

Horses. —There is a demand for medium draughts, but heavy horses ,md the light class are not wanted.

WESTFIELD SALE

AUCKLAND. Nov. 17. At Wes the Id a somewhat smaller yarding of ox beef met with keen competition at advanced prices. Cow and heifer beef was yarded in average numbers and sold readily, values being firm at late rates. I loth light prime ox and prime heifer beef were decidedly dearer-' jor l(X)lb than the heavier grades. Extra choice ox sold to 32s per I both, choice- and prime £ 1 Us to £1 11s. just killahio L'l 7s to £1 9s, prime young <ows and heifer beef £1 os to .if 1 10s, just killable £1 to £1 4s. Sheep. — Tliere was an average- yarding. Competition was keen and bidding was brisk, values being firm and in some cases better than last week’s rates. No extra heavy prime wethers were penned. Heavy prime shorn made £1 8s (id to £1 10s, medium £1 6s to £1 Bs. light and unfinished £1 2s to £1 os, heavy prime ewes £1 3s to £1 4s 9d, lighter £1 to £1 2s 6d, other ewes Its to 19s. Lambs.—‘Hen vy prime lambs made 26s to 295. SO UT4I UK X M Alt [CUTS. IM.SU IN PRICE OF POTATOES. -aURTSTOHUR'CH, Nov. IS. Tin* absorbing item of interest over the holidays was the meteoric rise in the price of potatoes. A small shipment >r two has gone north, hut it is questionable if they will he sufficient to tide over the shortage in Auckland until ttie new crop comes' in. 4ne country is being raided for potatoes now, ail the neavy Holders apparently having vanished into thin air. If there had been fewer paper tubers and less feverish consigning froth this end the great bulk of the potatoes would have been sold at a half-way price between the bedrock of 60s a ton of six weeks ago and the 130 s of to-day, for the latter if the price that farmers can get on trucks.

<. 11 is suggested that the extra sup plies going north this last week or two will shorten local supplies sufficiently to keep up the values here for at least another month. There is a tendency for forward wheat values to ease. 'Six shillings f.o.b. is still quoted, but to effect much [business this figure has to be slightly shaded off. The home inafket. for peas has weakened slightly. There is no

change in 1 lie value or inquiry for general seeds and recent quotations hold in inis respect. The cocksfoot crop on the peninsula here improved as a result of the recent rains.